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TABLE 3
<br />City of Santa Ana
<br />Summary of Water Supply
<br />(Fiscal Year ending June 30)
<br />2019
<br />2020
<br />2021
<br />2022(4)
<br />2023(4)
<br />Water Pumped(')
<br />25,418
<br />25,581
<br />26,081
<br />25,259
<br />22,557
<br />MWD(2)
<br />7,742
<br />7,649
<br />7,738
<br />7,621
<br />7,897
<br />Total
<br />33,160
<br />33,230
<br />33,819
<br />32,880
<br />30,454
<br />Potable Water Sold(')
<br />31,999
<br />31,141
<br />32,525
<br />31,392
<br />29,527
<br />Change from previous year')
<br />-1,241
<br />-858
<br />1,384
<br />-1,133
<br />-1,865
<br />Population
<br />337,716
<br />310,227
<br />310,227
<br />310,217
<br />308,189
<br />Cost ofMWD Water $/a-�3)
<br />$1,033
<br />$1,078
<br />$1,104
<br />$1,143
<br />$1,209
<br />(1) In acre-feet. Pumped from OCWD.
<br />(2) In acre feet. Pursuant to agreement with MWD.
<br />(3) Average cost.
<br />(4) State mandated water conservation
<br />protocols resulted in reduced water sales.
<br />Source: City of Santa Ana.
<br />Groundwater.
<br />Orange County Water District Groundwater Basin. The lower Santa Ana River groundwater basin,
<br />from which the City pumps its water, is under the jurisdiction of the OCWD. The City is a member of OCWD,
<br />along with other Orange County cities and water districts which overlie the groundwater basin. OCWD has a
<br />comprehensive ground -water replenishment system that includes the injection of highly treated wastewater into
<br />the groundwater basin to prevent seawater intrusion and to replenish the basin by spreading at the Anaheim
<br />forebay. In the past, sea water intrusion has been a problem in portions of the basin. The member cities of OCWD,
<br />including the City, are each allocated a portion of the cost of the groundwater recharge program, depending on a
<br />number of factors. The groundwater basin has been relatively stable during this current drought, and the City does
<br />not anticipate any curtailment of its ability to pump local groundwater for its service needs.
<br />The following information regarding OCWD has been obtained from OCWD and sources that the
<br />Authority believes to be reliable, but the Authority takes no responsibility for the accuracy or completeness hereof.
<br />Additional information about OCWD may be obtained from OCWD's website at www.ocwd.com. No information
<br />contained in such website is incorporated herein by reference.
<br />The OCWD is the agency responsible for managing the Orange County groundwater Basin, which is
<br />Santa Ana's major source of water. OCWD is governed by a ten -member board of directors, which has the power
<br />to establish and adjust the annual Basin Production Percentage ("BPP"), the Basin Equity Assessment (the "BEA")
<br />and the Replenishment Assessment ("RA").
<br />Basin Production Percentage and Basin Equity Assessment. The BPP is defined as the proportion of total
<br />water production that can be extracted from groundwater withdrawals without incurring an additional assessment,
<br />known as the BEA. The amount of groundwater that an agency can pump without incurring the additional
<br />assessment is calculated by multiplying the total water use of such agency by the BPP (the `BPP formula").
<br />Between Fiscal Years 2013-14 and 2023-24, the BPP varied from 62% to 85%. OCWD board of directors set the
<br />BPP at 85% for Fiscal Year 2024-25.Currently, OCWD calculates total water use for the purpose of the BPP
<br />without considering recycled water sales to customers. This methodology reduces the amount of groundwater
<br />that recycled water sellers such as the District may pump from the Orange County groundwater basin without
<br />incurring additional assessments. See the caption "-Complaint against OCWD" for a discussion of a lawsuit
<br />filed against OCWD in June 2016 with respect to this issue.
<br />The BEA is an additional assessment incurred by an agency that pumps non-exempt groundwater above
<br />the limit established by the BPP. The BEA is established annually by OCWD for every acre foot of groundwater
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